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DIMAR's collapse continues, leaving doubts about presidential vote and centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicslawmaker. Lykoudis leads the so-called Reformist Wing of the small party and has aired concerns over the last few months about the direction DIMAR has taken since leaving the government in June 2013... departure means that the party now has just 10 deputies, compared to the 17 that were elected in June
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Friction over property tax exposes cracks in Greek coalition's strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsto an outright rebellion, the numbers do not yet add up in terms of opposition MPs. The government has... for these votes are Democratic Left (DIMAR) and the large group of independent MPs. DIMAR has 10 MPs, while... as possible candidates. A fourth option has been put forward by former Prime Minister Costas
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Tsipras starts to flesh out SYRIZA's economic policy but questions remain
PoliticsGreek Politics) has yet to use to improve Greek banks’ capital adequacy. Tsipras said a SYRIZA government would also... Tsipras has done enough to convince more sceptical voters that he has a recipe that could work. The programme he unveiled has not been costed and his assertion that a more generous fiscal policy would
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To Potami intensifies efforts to mop up disgruntled Greek voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTo Potami, the centrist party founded by journalist Stavros Theodorakis in February, has published the closest thing to a manifesto it has produced in the last seven months. Theodorakis set out... in the EU ballot after such a short existence, To Potami’s message has remained rather vague
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New Democracy hopes to celebrate 40th anniversary with rallying call
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has planned two events to mark the occasion: One in Halkidiki on September 27 and another... elections (22.7 percent) in May, New Democracy has slipped several percentage points behind SYRIZA... has lost votes to both sides of the political spectrum over the last couple of years but Samaras
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Value of HFSF participation in Greek banks falls to 17 billion
EconomyBankingmarket value of HFSF participation in banks has decreased further to 17 billion, implying... has restricted voting rights. In Alpha Bank, HFSF’s shareholding decreased from 81.7 percent to 69.9... of the initial amount of warrants has been exercised so far, with HFSF proceeds at 302 million euros
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Wealth in Greece plunged by 170 bln since 2007, report finds
Societywealth in Greece is estimated at 0.56 trillion euros, similar to that in Finland, which has less than half of Greece’s population, and below that of Portugal (0.76 trillion), which also has lower... at 3.5 – 4.4 percent respectively. In contrast, Slovakia has the lowest density (0.5 percent
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Education dispute opens up new front for coalition at sensitive time
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlready plagued by a series of problems, the government has found itself fighting on another front.... The university said that it has received 2,500 applications for transfers. Security checks Another... disputes has been much milder than in the past. Apart from some strong words in Parliament and a couple
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New bribe claims likely to poison Greek politics further ahead of presidential vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsa little more substance in the sense that Xoulidou says she has copies of the Facebook messages she..., in the alleged exchanges. Melas has recently resisted calls to align himself with the party’s position... place, so the pair never met. Also, New Democracy has denied that the man involved is a party
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The one question SYRIZA needs to answer
Agorathat the debate in Greece over the last few days has been relegated to cheap bravado and threats... challenges that his government is expected to face. Greece has been running a primary surplus in 2013... government bulletin which shows that 5.8 billion euros has already been used up. Based on this year's data
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